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7 October 2013

A spoof paper concocted by Science reveals little or no scrutiny at many open-access journals Numerous online journals are willing to publish bad research in exchange for a credit card number. This is the conclusion of an elaborate sting carried out by journal Science. The result may as well trouble doctors, patients, policymakers and anyone who has a stake in the integrity of science (and who doesn't?). More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Serials Solutions Summon Service to index educational content from Flooved.com Serials Solutions, a ProQuest business, is working with new platform Flooved to make their growing collection of textbooks discoverable in the Summon service. With the inclusion of these educational course materials, students will now be able to discover mathematics and physics content contributed by professors from leading institutions around the world alongside their library's other resources. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Dr. Sheila Mitsuma joins DynaMed editorial team as deputy editor The infectious disease information available from DynaMed™, the clinical reference tool from EBSCO Information Services, is being enhanced by the addition of Dr. Sheila Mitsuma as a deputy editor. Mitsuma has significant clinical experience in the field at some of the top hospitals in Boston and her knowledge will now influence information used to treat patients worldwide. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme New web-based visualisation tool enables academic institutions to explore, analyse and understand international research funding Digital Science, a technology company serving the needs of scientific research, and Symplectic, a developer of research information management systems, has announced the launch of Symplectic Dimensions at THE World Academic Summit in Singapore. Dimensions is a new web-based visualisation tool that enables academic research institutions to explore, analyse and understand the research funding landscape. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Two new publishers to participate in the CLOCKSS digital preservation archive The CLOCKSS Archive has announced the participation of Museum Victoria and the Society for Longitudinal and Life Course Studies. CLOCKSS will preserve their collections in its geographically and geopolitically distributed network of redundant archive nodes, located at 12 major research libraries around the world. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme The Charlesworth Group to provide sales representation in China for ICE Publishing The Charlesworth Group has announced that it will be providing dedicated sales representation in China for ICE Publishing, the publishing division of the Institution of Civil Engineers. The Charlesworth Group's experienced team of China Experts will handle existing sales and develop new sales and revenue streams for ICE journals, books and e-books. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme ARL awarded IMLS and Mellon grants to support strategic thinking and design process The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) has been awarded two grants to support a strategic thinking and design process in 2013–2014. This strategic process will frame the critical work of the Association and define the role ARL plays in higher education and research to maximise its ability to be agile and responsive to rapidly changing priorities and member institution needs. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Latest edition of Blogspeak now online The latest edition of Blogspeak is now online. Featured are: Phil Davis (Open Access "Sting" Reveals Deception, Missed Opportunities); Heather Morrison (Scholars: let's keep our jobs and ditch the commercial scholarly publishers high profit margins); David Crotty (Driving Altmetrics Performance Through Marketing — A New Differentiator for Scholarly Journals?); and Jason Leavey (Social media presents a growing body of evidence that can inform social and economic policy). Blogspeak includes blog posts relevant to the publishing industry, particularly STM publishing. Subscribers are invited to participate in the latest edition of Blogspeak Here. You are receiving this email newsletter as part of your Knowledgespeak membership. You can unsubscribe instantly from any of our email newsletters by clicking here.

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